Tanzania - Zanzibar Archipelago (Chapter)

5th Edition Jun 2012

This is the Zanzibar Archipelago chapter from Lonely Planet’s Tanzania guidebook.

Step off the boat or plane onto the Zanzibar Archipelago, and you’ll be transported through the miles and the centuries – to ancient Persia, to Oman’s caliphs and sultans, to India, with its heavily laden scents.

Wander through the narrow, cobbled streets of Stone Town, taking in the sights

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Relax on picture-perfect, white-sand northeastern beaches fringed by palm trees and the turquoise sea or dive and snorkel amid shoals of colourful fish